Newbegin v. Newton Nat. Bank

This case appears to have been tried by the ■circuit court under a written stipulation of the parties waiving a jury, pursuant to sections 64-9 and 700 of the Revised Statutes. The circuit court made and filed a special finding of the facts, and ordered a judgment to be entered against the plaintiff in error, who was also the plaintiff in the trial court. An inspection of the special finding of facts, as contained in the record, discloses to this court that the facts found are insufficient to sustain the judgment. The circuit court first found the existence of certain facts which clearly entitled the plaintiff to a judgment, and thereafter found that the plaintiff’s right of action was barred on the ground of laches. But no facts were found by the circuit court which are sufficient to support the conclusion that the plaintiff’s right of action was barred by laches. For these reasons the judgment of the circuit court is reversed, and the cause is remanded, with directions to award a new trial.